Biography -- Royalty from I Cannot Live Without Books

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet -- in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport --… Saber más sobre este artículo

The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780 - 1829 by Antonia Fraser THERE IS A RED "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. In the summer of 1780, mob violence swept through London. Nearly one thousand people were killed, looting was widespread, and torch-bearing protestors marched on the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edward VII: The Prince of Wales & the Women He Loved by Catharine Arnold THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. Edward Prince of Wales, better known as "Bertie," was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Charming and dissolute, he was a larger-than-life personality with king-size appetites. A lifelong womanizer, Bertie conducted his countless liaisons against the glittering… Saber más sobre este artículo

Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks by Kelcey Wilson-Lee Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized -- and largely mythical -- notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great… Saber más sobre este artículo

Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang THERE IS A BLACK "CLOSEOUT/REMAINDER" MARK ON THE TOP PAGE EDGES. Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon -- a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathon Goff's preening, spitting, and pompous take in Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway masterpiece. But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance by Simon R. Doubleday "If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was renowned by friends and enemies alike for… Saber más sobre este artículo